Art
A Survey of Aquatint Prints Throughout History, From François Boucher to Goya
An exhibition at the National Gallery of Art will trace the technique’s development through Europe, starting in the late 1700s.
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News
Work by Carrie Mae Weems Acquired by National Gallery, Displayed With Memorial to Black Union Soldiers
Two panels of Weems’s work feature a photograph of a 19th-century memorial to the soldiers in the 54th Regiment, now on display beside the original sculpture.
News
The National Gallery of Art Laid Off Its Entire Retail Workforce
The museum is outsourcing jobs in its retail shops to Event Network, a company that manages museum stores nationwide.
Opinion
My Experience as a “Minority Intern” at a Museum in the 1990s
There were three “minority interns” at the National Gallery of Art in 1991. I was the “Hispanic” in the group.
News
The National Gallery of Art Acquires Quilts by the Women of Gee’s Bend
The DC institution has expanded its holdings of work by Black artists from the American South with a recent acquisition from Souls Grown Deep.
News
In the Wake of Severe Criticism, Postponed Philip Guston Exhibition Moved to 2022
Last month, four museums announced that they would postpone the retrospective to 2024, citing the need to better contextualize KKK imagery in Guston’s work.
Podcast
National Gallery of Art Director Discusses the Decision to Delay the Philip Guston Exhibition
I talked to Kaywin Feldman to ask why the museum chose to delay the show by the well-known American artist.
Art
The Cultural Legacy of Animals in Japanese Art Over 17 Centuries
With more than 300 works drawn from 66 Japanese institutions and 30 American collections, this is likely one of the largest exhibitions of Japanese art that a generation of Americans will ever see.
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Government Shutdown May Force Smithsonian Museums to Close Starting Jan 2 [UPDATED]
With the government shutdown continuing into the new year, Smithsonian museums, along with the National Zoo, must prepare to close as well.
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Contemporary Visions of Mystical Indo-Persian Miniatures
The night of “Ascension,” one Islam’s most mystical and striking themes, has inspired Sikander, whose self-portraits are artistic manifestations of this magical journey.
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Corot’s Portraits of Women Complicate His Place in Art History
Crossing the bridge to the free-form empiricism of the Impressionists, this show delights in the visual spectacle of life.
News
Corcoran Gallery Gives More Than 10,000 Artworks to DC Institutions
This week the Corcoran's board announced that over 99% of the works from the gallery's collection will stay in DC, with the vast majority going to the museum at American University.